Clyde Hefer

Clyde Hefer (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian former rower - a two-time World Champion and Olympic medal winner.[1][2]

Clyde Hefer
Personal information
Full nameRobert Clyde Hefer
Nickname(s)Clyde
Born (1961-04-12) 12 April 1961
Years active1978–1984
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportRowing
ClubDrummoyne Rowing Club
Balmain Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles Eight
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1980 Hazewinkel LM4-
Gold medal – first place 1981 Munich LM4-

Club and state rowing

Hefer's senior rowing was with the Drummoyne Rowing Club in Sydney. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 1979 he won a national championship title in a lightweight M4- with his brother Gary, Geoff Webb and Graeme Wearne. In 1980 Graham Gardiner joined Hefer at Drummoyne and at that year's nationals Hefer won two Australian championship titles - the lightweight M2- with Gardiner and the lightweight M4- with Gardiner, Wearne and Michael Smith. In 1981 in those same two crews Hefer again raced for those same titles but this time representing the Balmain Rowing Club and both to 2nd place.[3]

From 1982 Hefer was racing in the open weight division and was back at the Drummoyne Rowing Club from 1984 under coach Rusty Robertson. He was selected in New South Wales King's Cup crews of 1982, 1983 (at stroke) and in the victorious crew of 1984.[4]

National representative rowing

Hefer was selected for Australian representative honours in a LM4- for the 1980 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel - a lightweight only championship being an Olympic year. With Gardiner he'd vied for top national honours throughout 1980 against the Victorian pair of Charles Bartlett and Simon Gillett. New Australian National Coaching Director Reinhold Batschi had just introduced a small boat racing selection methodology and the choice of the two competitively matched pairs to comprise the Australian IV was clear.[5] The crew took the gold medal and won Australia's second lightweight World Championship title. The following year in the same crew, Hefer raced at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich and they successfully defended their title.[6]

In 1984 Hefer along with half of the champion New South Wales Kings Cup crew were selected in the Olympic VIII for Los Angeles. Coached by Reinhold Batschi, stroked by Steve Evans and with Hefer in the two seat they brought home the bronze medal.[7]

References
  1. "Clyde Hefer". RowingOne.com. World Rowing. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Clyde Hefer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  3. 1981 Austn C'ships at Guerin Foster
  4. "1984 Aust Interstate C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. "1980 World C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  6. "1981 World C'ships at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  7. "1984 Olympics at Guerin Foster". Archived from the original on 12 April 2018. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
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